Harris County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Lewis Mathiney, Harris County, Texas, 1867

Lewis Mathiney registered to vote in Harris County on June 12, 1867. He reported 5 years in Texas, 4 of them in Harris County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harris County registered 2,039 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Harris County, Texas
5 years
In Texas
4 years
In the county
about 1862
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harris County

Lewis Mathiney

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Lewis Mathiney
County of registration
Harris County
Precinct
0
Registered
June 12, 1867
Years in Texas
5 years
Years in Harris County
4 years
Years in Texas before Harris County
1 year
Naturalized, how
"By Reconstruction laws of Congress"
Naturalized, when
"1867"
Naturalized, where
"Texas"
Signature, as written
"George his x mark Sanders"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harris County highlighted
Harris County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Lewis Mathiney reported 1 year more in Texas than in Harris County.

Sources

This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 1 of the Harris County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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